Alabama History/Culture in the News: 27 July-Aug. 1 & Bonus Material

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NOTE:
Materials in brackets are my additions. Items are listed more or less in
reverse chronological order within each section. All links are working at the
time I send this email and post them to the web page listing. Some items are
listed without links because I could not find online versions.

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AND NOW THE NEWS...

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In July 1862, the Confederate captain Raphael Semmes
received orders to take command of a secret new British-built steam warship. At
the helm of the Alabama , he would
become the most hated and feared man in ports up and down the Union coast - as
well as a Confederate legend. Join us TOMORROW, THURSDAY AUGUST2 at noon down at
the Archives for a ‘Special’ ArchiTreats presentation and book
signing by Stephen Fox, author of Wolf of
the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama.
(Hardcover, $25.95)http://www.archives.state.al.us/adahcalendar.html

10-11pm -- Decoding The Past - The Other Nostradamus.
History Channel August 13
He predicted WWII, the deaths of US Presidents, and the turmoil of the
1960s. He prophesied that Israel
would become a state 15 years before
the event and foretold the Great Depression. Many of his visions
seemed to pass unfulfilled, but are now proven accurate. His name is
Edgar Cayce, and to many, he's known as the other Nostradamus.
Throughout the 1930s and '40s, Cayce was a well-known American figure,
reputed for his "healing abilities" as well as his prophecies.
Cayce's
predictions are documented in the transcriptions of his readings,
which he gave until his death in 1945. Join us as we examine his life
and prophecies. [Prior to his career as prophet and healer, Cayce was a
photographer and spent time in Alabama .]

**TO THE FRINGE: BSC takes Southern adaptation of Strindberg play to
Scotland
festival
[Adaptation written by BSC professor Alan Litsey; BSC students will perform]http://tinyurl.com/yw5obt
Birmingham News
31 July 2007

**”William G. Ross of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law has
had his book, "The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes
1930-1941," published by the University of South Carolina Press as part of
its series on U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The book, Ross' fourth, studies a
period when the Supreme Court broadened its role as a guardian of personal
liberties, abandoning its longtime function as arbiter of economic regulation.
Ross has been a Cumberland
professor since 1988.”
Birmingham News
31 July 2007

**Former Mobile
surgeon and nurse die in Foley“Dr. Joseph Ernest Nelms Jr., a retired area orthopaedic
surgeon, died unexpectedly Sunday in a Foley hospital at the age of 74.

His wife, Diane Gagnon Braman Nelms, a retired certified
registered nurse anesthetist, died Monday at the same hospital following a
lengthy illness. She was 69. “http://tinyurl.com/2adrwz
Mobile Press-Register 1 August 2007